• Iran blinds acid attacker in ‘eye for an eye’ punishment
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[QUOTE=Deng;47270466]I don't get this. An eye for an eye means you have two people each missing an eye.[/QUOTE] The saying itself is stupid because at the end of the day there will be one man who has an eye remaining and everyone else will be blind.
[QUOTE=Cone;47270902]what AMAZING examples of functional societies you have there. truly the greatest civilizations under the sun would be lucky to even meet the glorious legacy of saudia arabia[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Govna;47270758]Problem is, they're also run by corrupt dictatorial/theocratic/whatever governments, and that leads to people unfortunately being punished ridiculously and unfairly for stupid things like witchcraft, adultery, homosexuality, speaking their minds about policies they disagree with, etc. And that's the worst problem with them.[/QUOTE] Read, smartass. Thanks. [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Flaming" - Big Dumb American))[/highlight]
Govna doesn't understand the concept of humane punishment and rehabilitation. [editline]6th March 2015[/editline] Oh thank god he's gone. [editline]6th March 2015[/editline] His first ban too, BDA must be proud.
[QUOTE=Govna;47271027]Read, smartass. Thanks.[/QUOTE] so have you not noticed that there may be correlation between blinding people with acid and morally bankrupt government? and that maybe if no one [I]but[/I] corrupt human rights-abusing authoritarian governments use these systems then they perhaps can't be said to work very well at all. and indeed that they might be pointlessly violent compared to systems that are neither ineffectual nor grotesquely abusive
With Govna's sense of justice, I guess I should go call him names in the RC.
[QUOTE=Govna;47270758]It's just another meaningless, overused phrase Gandhi popularized that people like to use now to sound philosophically and ethically sophisticated/intelligent in place of making rational arguments to support their position-- because rational arguments take effort to formulate...[/QUOTE] Wow alright
I imagine the procedure was more akin to this: [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/mRK7sSm.jpg[/IMG]
As usual facepunch flips out over the whole pointless argument of "an eye for an eye is wrong/right wah I'm morally superior to everyone else". Gets old after the first hundred times, these kind threads always turn into this very argument every single time. Come on guys, people say and do dumb things what else is new. This is is Iran as well what do you expect a perfectly fair and just trial by jury?
[QUOTE=LSK;47271358]As usual facepunch flips out over the whole pointless argument of "an eye for an eye is wrong/right wah I'm morally superior to everyone else". Gets old after the first hundred times, these kind threads always turn into this very argument every single time. Come on guys, people say and do dumb things what else is new. This is is Iran as well what do you expect a perfectly fair and just trial by jury?[/QUOTE] Well, since every argument has been dismissed or used previously, regardless of whether or not it's right or wrong, we might as well not discuss anything.
[QUOTE=Smallheart;47271422]Well, since every argument has been dismissed or used previously, regardless of whether or not it's right or wrong, we might as well not discuss anything.[/QUOTE] I completely agree. Or you know, don't argue..? How does that sound? Good?
[QUOTE=The golden;47271001]No. They whip the victim instead.[/QUOTE] Kinky
[QUOTE=LSK;47271462]I completely agree. Or you know, don't argue..? How does that sound? Good?[/QUOTE] I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not. Should we really just not discuss whether things are right or wrong because some people choose to use those discussions as a platform for moral superiority?
[QUOTE=LSK;47271358]As usual facepunch flips out over the whole pointless argument of "an eye for an eye is wrong/right wah I'm morally superior to everyone else". Gets old after the first hundred times, these kind threads always turn into this very argument every single time. Come on guys, people say and do dumb things what else is new. This is is Iran as well what do you expect a perfectly fair and just trial by jury?[/QUOTE] The important thing is you've found a way to feel superior to both.
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